Katherine McKenzie

Katherine C. McKenzie, MD, FACP is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Yale Center for Asylum Medicine.

Background
She established and directs the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine (YCAM). Through YCAM, she conducts forensic evaluations for asylum seekers at Yale and in detention facilities.

She collaborates with various organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights, Society for Refugee Healthcare Providers, Project Access New Haven, and Integrated Refugee and Immigrants Services.

McKenzie received the Leonard B. Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine and the Faculty Award for Achievement in Clinical Care.